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Gutierrez invites an illegal immigrant as his SOTU guest

Gutierrez announced Monday that he’s invited Gabino Sanchez, a South Carolina man who is fighting deportation from the United States, to attend the speech. Gutierrez has been working on behalf of Sanchez to help him secure legal residency in the United States, accompanying him to three Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointments.

Sanchez, who has two U.S. citizen children, has been living and working in the United States since coming here when he was 15. Last May, he secured a one-year deferral of his deportation which allows him to work legally. Sanchez has received misdemeanor charges for driving without license but otherwise has a clean record and, in a statement, Gutierrez indicated he sees Sanchez’s case as a test case for Obama’s stated policy to prioritize those who have committed serious crimes for deportation.

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Expect Ø to declare Sanchez persona grata for his contributions to immigration policy in the US and for his outreach to Latinos on behalf of President Mutt-on. He will do it during a “shout out” at the beginning of the SOTU lie.

I think treason is a stretch but it is blatantly and publicly aiding a felon. I also question bringing a known criminal to a state event. I would think that at the very least it should be viewed as a security risk.

Sanchez has received misdemeanor charges for driving without license but otherwise has a clean record and, in a statement,

He would also not have had insurance which means he would have put the future of law abiding Americans in jeopardy every time he drove. He’s despicable, as is this WaPo loon who describes him as a South Carolina man. He’s an illegal alien Mexican.

“Ted Nugent is attending Tuesday’s State of the Union address as the guest of Rep. Steve Stockman…the Secret Service had a little sit-down with Nugent last year after he told an NRA convention that he’d be “dead or in jail” if the president was re-elected.”

He has a visa. “Last May, he secured a one-year deferral of his deportation which allows him to work legally.” The headline is misleading and you are all apparently illiterate.
urban elitist on February 12, 2013 at 8:29 AM

He’s fighting deportation! Gee, I wonder why he’s to be deported. Did he do something illegally?

Gee, I wish I could attend the SOTU with the illegal that t-boned my car three years ago. I could introduce you to the gal that left me with a bunch of medical bills, higher auto insurance and a persistent pain in my upper back – but alas, she can’t be found. The information she gave to the police, was false – and of course she wasn’t carrying any insurance.